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A theist yet skeptical friend of mine sent me a link to a song on YouTube. It is called "God is not a White Man." The song tries to paint a very nice picture of god and present religion as being less…Continue

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"They're acknowledging that people who use the label "free thinker" are non-theists. In their twisted reality, that makes them agents of the devil. They are also being honest, because they're admitting that religion does…"

"Of course you meant SOME women do that, so do some men. The problem is that a particular gender political perspective promotes that error.
There are differences in male and female sexuality. I don't expect women to hit on men. They don't…"

"I think we can be sensitive to their feelings, to the extent possible. I think it is good to be reminded that women often feel uncomfortable when it on. I don't like making people uncomfortable.
To me the problem is that such complaints…"

"Yes, I mention that the EG comment came later in one of her video blogs. It was after that blog that Dawkins made his sarcastic comments. I glad you found her part of the panel professional, but I think it was off topic, anecdotal, and…"

"I haven't been following this scandal but I clicked on your link just for the hell of it. There was no mention of an elevator or a guy inviting her for coffee in that link. It was a 13 minute sample of her presentation, which…"

A minor exchange in an elevator is causing quite a fiasco in the skeptic/atheist community. It is very confusing and distressing, but we can learn from this. First, let me emphasize that Rebecca Watson was doing a service by reminding people that women often don't like to be hit on at conferences. It deserves to be repeated. So guys, be really sure she's interested before you proposition a woman. Fair enough. As humanists we strive to cause as little discomfort in others as possible. It is…See More

"I'm not failing to see anything. I made no statements about people labeling other people, or the negative effects of stereotyping. My comments were about how the term is often used just to say that you disagree with a generalization made by…"

"The most generous reading I can give to that saying is that it is confounding the belief in something with the subject of belief. In the sense that it is true that if there were no concept of god, there would be no atheists.
OTOH, even that would…"

"No one has observed a quark either. The dark side of the moon was not observed until the 1960's. Willian James made an important contribution to science and philosophy with the concept of Radical Empiricism."
You can study the mind,…"

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A minor exchange in an elevator is causing quite a fiasco in the skeptic/atheist community. It is very confusing and distressing, but we can learn from this.

First, let me emphasize that Rebecca Watson was doing a service by reminding people that women often don't like to be hit on at conferences. It deserves to be repeated. So guys, be really sure she's interested before you proposition a woman. Fair enough. As humanists we strive to cause as little discomfort in others as…